Semester Break!

I haven't been writing a journal entry here for a long time because... I didn't want to give out too much thoughts about everything.


Something to read

So I'm back to reading Taiyou no Ie, since I bumped into it the other day week and so I decided to continue reading it. At the same time I realized that the new chapter was just out 5 days ago.. It's been a long time since I first read this manga. When I saw it in my bookmarks the other week, I had to re-read the first parts of the manga since I don't remember what happened.

But for now I'm reading listening to the audiobook On the Way to a Smile - FFVII - Case of Tifa.. I just finished listening to the Case of Denzel awhile ago... I was downloading it the other day, but then the power went out (because there was a storm). The file was corrupted, so I downloaded it again awhile ago. I got the link from finalfantasy.wikia.com. This is probably the most emotional novel I've ever listened to. The way everyone voiced these characters make it seem so dramatic, along with the instrumentals playing in the background... It just makes me feel like.. Stop being so emotional and sad... Guys.

Also, I'm reading this other book, Everyday by David Levithan. It tells the story about someone who lives different lives each day. When he goes to sleep, he wakes up as someone else... Yeah, I haven't finished it though, my classmate suggested this to me. Though it's an interesting book and it's a love story. Haven't been continuing it because I fear the guy who *cough* *cough* SPOILEr


Game

But yeah, right now I'm reading about Pokemon X and Y... Too bad I don't have a 3DS. I just saw the gameplay somewhere on the internet, and it seemed good. I remembered the first time I got Pokemon White on a DS Emulator, it literally becomes night time there if it's night. And I remember the time when I played that in the middle of night, all the stores were closed. orz If I remember correctly... The same thing happened to me with Animal Crossing on Wii..

And I also remembered my Pokemon Crater days... Elementary days... Then I remembered that the person who owned that website had to shut it down because he was going to college, plus the traffic on that page was getting so high his computer couldn't take it.. Also because Nintendo was telling him to stop 'cause he's making money out a game that doesn't even belong to him. I will never forget my main Pokemons there. Raichu, Togekiss, Gyarados, Beautifly, Butterfree, Dragonite and Charizard... If I remember correctly..

I just researched about Pokemon Crater, and they shut it down 6 years ago! It has already been that long!? I can't believe it, I still remember it all like it just happened 3 years ago. I still remember how I had to grind each one of them to level them all. I had this one friend, and she only leveled up her Meganium to 100. And since Meganium was her frontline, it only took me about 2-3(?) Pokemons to beat her. Since her other pokemons were low-leveled. My tactic? I used my lowest level Pokemons (around lvl 60+) on the frontlines.. And the strongest ones (66-67?) the very last ones. So that way, if they're already having a hard time beating my low leveled Pokemons, by the time they battle my strongest ones, they'll die out like a candle. I try to level them all at the same time, that's why it's taking me a long time to build my walls up. If I remember correctly, my classmates usually focused on one.. But I didn't...


Game News

Ahhahahaha I just read in a Gamespot article that the team dedicated to assign new names for the new Pokemons were "practically in tears" since they had to make sure that the names they were inventing didn't infringe any copyright somewhere. They've already created tons of names for the previous ones, thinking of new names must have been incredibly difficult for them...

Also... Beyond: Two Souls was just released last October 8! I fell in love with it the first time I saw the trailers, and seeing the "Behind the scenes" make it seem more interesting. So basically the game has an interactive drama feature which is very similar to the award-winning game, Heavy Rain. No questions about this one since they actually have the same developer. You control this girl named Jodie Holmes whose based off on Ellen Page. Yes, it's the Ellen Page we all know and love (who's also going to be Kitty Pryde in the upcoming 2014 X-Men movie)..

The motions of the actors were recorded using Performance Capture. They're basically small gadgets attached on your body and on your face that will capture every movement you do, and yes since there will also be 90 of them attached to your face, they will even capture your facial expressions. Ellen Page was interviewed and she told them that for 4 weeks, she recorded about 10-12 hours a day. At first she thought it was a 1000-page script. But unfortunately it was 2000. In the first day, they said the actors were like lost in the middle of the sea since there are no cameras - no, there's actually a 360 degree camera which will really record every motion capture acted upon in that room. Also there's no lighting, since all of those will be under the work of the animators. Everything that they did was recorded all at once, unlike in Heavy Rain, they had to record the sound individually.

Based on the reviews, a lot of people actually love the game. It has a lot of similar features to Heavy Rain. The heart-stopping decisions, the trivial thoughts... And deciding on each one of them will determine the fate of Jodie Holmes. It also has 23 endings. Uniquely, they did everything they can to let the player come across an ending, so there is no game-over.

Also, Grand Theft Auto V just broke the record, because in 3 days, they already earned a million dollars. Pretty much late news.


Personal

We were required to have a blog... For our English literature class. nostalgiclegend.blogspot.com/ Though posting it here is now deemed worthless.. I'm linking it here for exposure.

I actually already have a blog, but the things I've been posting are quite senseless since most of them are about trivial happenings. It's almost like what I did with this deviantArt account. If you looked through my previous Journal entries, most of them are quite nonsensical............ I can't believe it, I've been writing down crap.. My first post ever was when I was 13 years old, to think I'm 16 right now.

Most of them are memes, and trivial things... But for the record, I mainly talked about video games... That I've been crazy about..

lol June 2011 posts I started that month with a crazy nyan cat journal entry... Seeing my posts, Okami has been really a huge part of my life. I literally cried over that game, I also loved the Tales series of Namco Bandai especially Tales of The Abyss, but I mainly talked about Vesperia since some crazy stuff has been happening with it... I also read about my addiction to Birth by Sleep, Dissidia, Sonic, Resonance of Fate, Odin Sphere..

 My Odin Sphere entries were mainly about my rants about that horrible memory card automatically deleting my Odin Sphere saves.. But darn that game was so good, if I could finish it today I would. I also wouldn't mind telling you the story in detail (Since I love that game to death). My Resonance of Fate posts consists mainly about how awesome they battle with their athletic stunts. My Sonic entries were about my nostalgia after watching a few Sonic Adventure scenes.. also, I think the very first fanfic I've ever read was a Sonic fanfic. Oh, but seriously, comedy Sonic fanfics are so overkill, you should try one of those. Also, I expected him to have an larger role in Wreck-it-Ralph.. Dissidia... Well, this one's alot, my save file got corrupted about twice in the JP version. And then I think it got corrupted in the NA version twice... Again. I gave up and waited for Duodecim, and so far, nothing unfortunate has been happening with the save file... I think I ranted about that for a few times now. Because damn, that's so memorable. To think something like that would happen for the 4th time.

Wow, this is horribly long.